Egg-beater



v s. A. UL-MER.

Egg-Beater.

No. 224,117. A Patented Feb. 3, 1880.

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UNITED STAT S- PATENT OFFICE.

snRAH A. ULMER, .oF PORTLAND, MAINE.

EGG- B EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,117, dated February3, 1880.

' Application filedApril 11,1878.

Be it known that I, SARAH A. ULMER, of

Portland, in the countyof Cumberland and State of Maine, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Beaters; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view, part of the casing being broken away toshow the paddle. Fig.2 is adetail, showing the latch. Fig.3 is a detail,showing the shaft; and Fig.

4-is also a detail, showing another method of attaching the paddle totheshaft.

The object of my invention is the improvement of egg-heaters.

The egg-heaters hithertoin use are objectionable on account of theitimerequired in using them and the imperfect character of the resultobtained. 1t is the result of my observation that eggs. are mostthoroughly and quickly beaten by subjecting them to the blows, in rapidsuccession, of smooth-surfaced wires, and that anything of a sharpcutting nature destroys the fiber of the egg, which should be preserved.This principle is embodied in my device, which may be describedasfollows; 7

a represents the casing or vessel in which the eggs are placed.Preferably the bottom should be circular in form, as shown in Fig.

1. b is the cover, which is provided with airholes 0 0. .Within thiscasing or vessel is placed the paddle, which consists of the shaft d,with its arms 0 andthe wires 1,

In the drawings the arms are four in number, and are fixed to the shaftat right angles with it and with each other. A larger number of arms maybe used, provided the number be not so large as to bring them too neartogether. The wires 1 l have their ends inserted into the arms, as shownin Fig. 1, and maybe varied in number, the proportionate distancebetween the wires being substantially as shown in Fig; 1.

The shaft d may be made solid except at one end, which hasa squareopening to'receive the pinion-shaft f, the inner part of which, j, is

from the casing.

also. made square. The solid end'of the shaft should be journaled in theside of the casing in such manner that there be no opening from theinterior to the exterior. The pinion-shaft passes through the oppositeend of the casin g, and any of. the common devices may be used ,torender the opening close enough around the shaft to-prevent leakage.This shaft f is kept in position by means of the ring t on the shaft andthe latch and catch 9 and a. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

The pinion. h meshes into the larger cogwheel 8, to'which power isapplied. In Fig. 4 another method of connecting the paddle with itsshaft is shown. r is a continuous shaft, squareat either end, justwithin the bearings. The arms are fixed to the circular metal piece 3/,having at the center a square opening for the insertion of the shaft,which is keptin position by the latch in the same manner as thepinion-shaftf.

The operation of the egg-beater is obvious. The paddle is removed forthe purpose of cleaning by lifting thilatch g and withdrawing the shaft,to which the pinion is attached,

I do not claim such a device as shown in Letters Patent N 0. 117 ,982,granted to Daniel B. Clayton, August 21, 1871, wherein the .beating iseffected by a thin flat beater entering the substance to be beatenedgewise; nor that shown in Letters Patent No. 151,784, granted to J. F.Landis, June 9, 1874, wherein the beaters are attached to the shaft atright angles thereto. I a

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States,is-

In an egg-beater, the combination of acasing with a horizontal shaft, 4,therein, car-. rying arms 6 e, supporting between'them a series ofhorizontal wires, the various parts forming-the beating-surface being ofround or curved cross-section, substantially as and for the purposessetforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this8th day of April, 1878.

SARAH A. ULMER. Witnesses:

GEO. E. BIRD, E. M. DAY. 7

